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authentication for a local development environment](/docs/authentication/set-up-adc-local-dev-environment).\n\n var keys = new Key[] { _keyFactory.CreateKey(1), _keyFactory.CreateKey(2) };\n _db.Delete(keys);\n\n### Go\n\n\nTo learn how to install and use the client library for Datastore mode, see\n[Datastore mode client libraries](/datastore/docs/reference/libraries).\n\n\nFor more information, see the\n[Datastore mode Go API\nreference documentation](https://cloud.google.com/go/docs/reference/cloud.google.com/go/datastore/latest).\n\n\nTo authenticate to Datastore mode, set up Application Default Credentials.\nFor more information, see\n\n[Set up authentication for a local development environment](/docs/authentication/set-up-adc-local-dev-environment).\n\n err := client.DeleteMulti(ctx, taskKeys)\n\n### Java\n\n\nTo learn how to install and use the client library for Datastore mode, see\n[Datastore mode client libraries](/datastore/docs/reference/libraries).\n\n\nFor more information, see the\n[Datastore mode Java API\nreference documentation](https://cloud.google.com/java/docs/reference/google-cloud-datastore/latest/history).\n\n\nTo authenticate to Datastore mode, set up Application Default Credentials.\nFor more information, see\n\n[Set up authentication for a local development environment](/docs/authentication/set-up-adc-local-dev-environment).\n\n datastore.delete(taskKey1, taskKey2);\n\n### Node.js\n\n\nTo learn how to install and use the client library for Datastore mode, see\n[Datastore mode client libraries](/datastore/docs/reference/libraries).\n\n\nFor more information, see the\n[Datastore mode Node.js API\nreference documentation](https://cloud.google.com/nodejs/docs/reference/datastore/latest).\n\n\nTo authenticate to Datastore mode, set up Application Default Credentials.\nFor more information, see\n\n[Set up authentication for a local development environment](/docs/authentication/set-up-adc-local-dev-environment).\n\n const taskKey1 = this.datastore.key(['Task', 1]);\n const taskKey2 = this.datastore.key(['Task', 2]);\n\n const keys = [taskKey1, taskKey2];\n\n await datastore.delete(keys);\n // Tasks deleted successfully.\n\n### PHP\n\n\nTo learn how to install and use the client library for Datastore mode, see\n[Datastore mode client libraries](/datastore/docs/reference/libraries).\n\n\nFor more information, see the\n[Datastore mode PHP API\nreference documentation](https://googleapis.github.io/google-cloud-php/#/docs/cloud-datastore/latest).\n\n\nTo authenticate to Datastore mode, set up Application Default Credentials.\nFor more information, see\n\n[Set up authentication for a local development environment](/docs/authentication/set-up-adc-local-dev-environment).\n\n $result = $datastore-\u003edeleteBatch($keys);\n\n### Python\n\n\nTo learn how to install and use the client library for Datastore mode, see\n[Datastore mode client libraries](/datastore/docs/reference/libraries).\n\n\nFor more information, see the\n[Datastore mode Python API\nreference documentation](https://cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/datastore/latest).\n\n\nTo authenticate to Datastore mode, set up Application Default Credentials.\nFor more information, see\n\n[Set up authentication for a local development environment](/docs/authentication/set-up-adc-local-dev-environment).\n\n from google.cloud import https://cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/datastore/latest/\n\n # For help authenticating your client, visit\n # https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/getting-started\n client = https://cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/datastore/latest/.https://cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/datastore/latest/google.cloud.datastore.client.Client.html()\n\n keys = [client.https://cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/datastore/latest/google.cloud.datastore.client.Client.html#google_cloud_datastore_client_Client_key(\"Task\", 1), client.https://cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/datastore/latest/google.cloud.datastore.client.Client.html#google_cloud_datastore_client_Client_key(\"Task\", 2)]\n client.https://cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/datastore/latest/google.cloud.datastore.client.Client.html#google_cloud_datastore_client_Client_delete_multi(keys)\n\n### Ruby\n\n\nTo learn how to install and use the client library for Datastore mode, see\n[Datastore mode client libraries](/datastore/docs/reference/libraries).\n\n\nFor more information, see the\n[Datastore mode Ruby API\nreference documentation](/ruby/docs/reference/google-cloud-datastore/latest).\n\n\nTo authenticate to Datastore mode, set up Application Default Credentials.\nFor more information, see\n\n[Set up authentication for a local development environment](/docs/authentication/set-up-adc-local-dev-environment).\n\n # task_name_1 = \"sampleTask1\"\n # task_name_2 = \"sampleTask2\"\n task_key_1 = datastore.key \"Task\", task_name_1\n task_key_2 = datastore.key \"Task\", task_name_2\n datastore.delete task_key_1, task_key_2\n\nWhat's next\n-----------\n\n\nTo search and filter code samples for other Google Cloud products, see the\n[Google Cloud sample browser](/docs/samples?product=datastore)."]]